USA Robson won his match against peng by playing black. He is top of the board in Group C, he lead by 0.5 pt Chao
Round 5 - Thursday the 21st M. Muzychuk - S. Swaminathan 1-0 S. Kuipers - R. Swinkels ½-½ Z. Peng - R. Robson 0-1 B. Bok - A. Gupta ½-½ D. Vocaturo - N. Grandelius 1-0 S. Plukkel - K. Lie ½-½ L. Chao - R. van Kampen ½-½ Standings after round 5: grandmaster group C 1. R. Robson 4½ 2. L. Chao 4 3. D. Vocaturo 3½ 4. R. SwinkelsK. LieA. Gupta 3 7. Z. PengR. van Kampen 2½ 9. M. MuzychukS. KuipersB. Bok 2 12. N. Grandelius 1½ 13. S. Plukkel 1 14. S. Swaminathan ½
Shirov has now won all his 5 matches in corus chess tournament 2010 and increase his lead by 1.5 points. Shirov has being chased by nakamura, carlsen and ivanchuk. They all are with 3.5 points after 5th round. Nakamura playing white drew his match against world number 1 Carlsen and both share 2nd place. Ivanchuk drew his match against short. Anand has drawn his match and he is 2.5 points behind shirov. Kramnik has won is first match in corus and is now with 3 points
Round 5 - Thursday the 21st
P. Leko - V. Anand
½-½
F. Caruana - L. Dominguez
½-½
S. Tiviakov - S. Karjakin
½-½
J. Smeets - V. Kramnik
0-1
L. van Wely - A. Shirov
0-1
N. Short - V. Ivanchuk
½-½
H. Nakamura - M. Carlsen
½-½
Standings after round 5: grandmaster group A
1.
A. Shirov
5
2.
H. Nakamura
M. Carlsen
V. Ivanchuk
3½
5.
V. Kramnik
3
6.
S. Karjakin
L. Dominguez
V. Anand
2½
9.
P. Leko
F. Caruana
S. Tiviakov
2
12.
N. Short
1½
13.
L. van Wely
1
14.
J. Smeets
½
Round 6 - Friday the 22nd
V. Anand - M. Carlsen
V. Ivanchuk - H. Nakamura
A. Shirov - N. Short
V. Kramnik - L. van Wely
S. Karjakin - J. Smeets
L. Dominguez - S. Tiviakov
P. Leko - F. Caruana
http://digg.com/other_sports/Corus_chess_2010_Round_5_Games_Group_A
all matches of group A 5th round